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Women workers take on MN restaurant lobby over tip penalty
St. Paul barista Evann Zuckerman joins a march on the Minnesota Restaurant Association’s offices in St. Paul. Women workers delivered a message to the state’s powerful restaurant lobby yesterday that...
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Kip Hedges: Labor has a big stake in St. Paul’s fight for $15
Former Delta baggage handler Kip Hedges was fired for speaking up in favor of $15 for all workers. There’s no question, the labor movement is under severe attack. The Janus decision is only the latest...
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Mitra Jalali Nelson: Labor endorsed in St. Paul’s Ward 4
Mitra Jalali Nelson thanks delegates to the St. Paul Regional Labor Federation for their support. Renters outnumber homeowners in St. Paul, but there are no renters on the city council. That’s...
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Fight for $15 moves to city hall
Supporters of a $15 minimum wage ordinance display more than 2,000 petitions signed by supporters at a press conference outside city hall. After months of neighborhood organizing that sometimes spilled...
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St. Paul workers, families keep pressure on as council takes up $15
Mayor Melvin Carter snaps a selfie with advocates for a $15 minimum wage outside City Hall. It felt like a victory celebration as working people and their families rallied with elected officials...
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Fight for $15’s next target: MSP Airport
MSP Airport workers and supporters march for $15 on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Emboldened by minimum wage victories in St. Paul and Minneapolis, workers seeking a raise at MSP Airport used the...
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Wage hike shows what’s possible when workers join together, think big
Working people celebrated at City Hall as Mayor Melvin Carter signed St. Paul’s new $15 minimum wage ordinance Nov. 14. Six years ago, when fast food workers in New York and, later, cities across the...
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Victory at MSP, as workers win $15 after long campaign
MSP Airport workers march outside Terminal 1 during a 2018 demonstration in support of a $15 airport-wide minimum wage. The working people who keep Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport running,...
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From the Eight-Hour Day to the $15 Minimum Wage: A conversation between past...
(image by Ricardo Levins Morales) By Peter Rachleff and Kristi Wright, East Side Freedom Library The study of labor history, while rooted in the past, has everything to do with how we envision the...
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‘Bill of Rights’ would fund $25 minimum wage, health benefits for hourly...
Sara Rapp, a school cook on strike in Hastings, testified at the Capitol in support of the ESP Bill of Rights. As striking food service workers in Hastings put a spotlight on hardships faced by some of...
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